Dikla Taylor-Sheinman

1 month ago | 972mag.com | Jonathan Adler |Dikla Taylor-Sheinman |Georgia Gee

On the first day of Ramadan, Yasser Abu Aram sat and stared despondently at his plot of land in Khirbet Samra in the occupied West Bank. Months of relentless harassment by young Israeli settlers — who stole his livestock and encircled the small shepherding community day and night — had taken their toll. “Everything that is happening here is also happening in the surrounding communities,” Abu Aram told +972 Magazine. “Today it’s me.

1 month ago | 972mag.com | Jonathan Adler |Georgia Gee |Dikla Taylor-Sheinman

Ibrahim Mashahra and his family of six have been homeless for over two months now, after he was forced by Israeli authorities to destroy his own house in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal Al-Mukaber. The Jerusalem Municipality and National Enforcement Unit had threatened to tear down Mashahra’s home since 2018 for “building without a permit.” In December 2024, he received an official demolition order, giving him just three weeks to vacate or demolish the home himself.

1 month ago | rb.gy | Jonathan Adler |Georgia Gee |Dikla Taylor-Sheinman

Ibrahim Mashahra and his family of six have been homeless for over two months now, after he was forced by Israeli authorities to destroy his own house in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal Al-Mukaber. The Jerusalem Municipality and National Enforcement Unit had threatened to tear down Mashahra’s home since 2018 for “building without a permit.” In December 2024, he received an official demolition order, giving him just three weeks to vacate or demolish the home himself.